Nachtfalke
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https://www.saturn.de/de/product/_metroid-samus-returns-limited-action-nintendo-3ds-2289689.html
Saturn Pre-Order 69,99 Go for it!
Saturn Pre-Order 69,99 Go for it!
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European special edition of Metroid: Samus Returns fully revealed
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mediamarkt had it for...69€? or was it 79? IIRC 69,90€. I hope amazon will follow them with the price.
got it. thanks. If amazon price matches I'll cancel my pre-order at saturn.de
Thank you so much!
Got it ordered.
Will most likely cancel coolshop now.
That price is so much better.
Conrad Link
Member
Saturn don't ship internationally right? I'm losing track of all the different ones lol.
Nachtfalke
Member
Shipping only for Germany, sorry.
Klappdrachen
Member
YES! Thank you so much!
They should at least ship to countries where Saturn/Media Markt operates. It would be nice to order something in Germany and pick it up at a Saturn store in my country.
TheMoon
Member
you can use this to price match a coolshop order while it's live at Saturn, btw.
Leider ausverkauft.
So yeah gone already
too bad, I took a shower, that took too long. oh well
It's sold out but no they don't.
Nachtfalke
Member
Thank you! Just did that. Really nice support. Will keep this as a backup if Amazon won't match the other prices.
where exactly is this very nice support? have any link?
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
100 for mini snes
100 for metroid special edition
Get fucked amazon 😍😍😍
Ah missed Saturn. Hope Media Markt doesn't mess anything up.
They didn't do anything for my order. I cancelled it now.
They didn't do anything for my order. I cancelled it now.
yeah I am using this Chat right now and seems they'll keep the 94,95, huge assholes.
as soon as Amazon price-matches I am cancelling that one
Nachtfalke
Member
Huh, had no problem with them. Strange.
Sometimes living in a country where pretty much no one cares about Nintendo has its advantages... I rarely find anyone who has played any Nintendo franchise (outside of pokemon)...
But at least most special editions stay for months on the shelf here, while in other places they were sold out almost as soon as they were available...
Pretty confident I will still be able to get one of these...
But at least most special editions stay for months on the shelf here, while in other places they were sold out almost as soon as they were available...
Pretty confident I will still be able to get one of these...
Sometimes living in a country where pretty much no one cares about Nintendo has its advantages... I rarely find anyone who has played any Nintendo franchise (outside of pokemon)...
But at least most special editions stay for months on the shelf here, while in other places they were sold out almost as soon as they were available...
Pretty confident I will still be able to get one of these...
Where do you live
Sometimes living in a country where pretty much no one cares about Nintendo has its advantages... I rarely find anyone who has played any Nintendo franchise (outside of pokemon)...
But at least most special editions stay for months on the shelf here, while in other places they were sold out almost as soon as they were available...
Pretty confident I will still be able to get one of these...
That had normally also been the case in Germany. Had no problem finding/preordering other Nintendo LEs around release. Here it looks different.
I didn't explain myself properly. Even when the LE get sold out online, there are 3 or 4 retailers that will have a bunch of copies on their shelves for quite some time.
It has happened to me before. I had times when I wasn't able to get a copy, only to find several at the physical store. Other times I do get one, with all the hassle it causes, but when I go to the stores after the release, lo and behold, copies everywhere.
So my confidence is still intact.
Nachtfalke
Member
Pre-order are open at gameware.at for 79,99€ (For Germany and Austria)
http://www.gameware.at/info/space/Metroid:+Samus+Returns+Legacy+Edition?emphasize=DS3-MESARL
Edit: nevermind, already gone. Jesus.
http://www.gameware.at/info/space/Metroid:+Samus+Returns+Legacy+Edition?emphasize=DS3-MESARL
Edit: nevermind, already gone. Jesus.
Preorder still available at
www.avilia.de
not sure if they ship outside of Germany but maybe it's worth a try.
for Germans, it has "Per Nachnahme" and it costs 66.90 included shipping, so nothing can go wrong
https://www.avilia.de/product.php?ean=0045496475529
www.avilia.de
not sure if they ship outside of Germany but maybe it's worth a try.
for Germans, it has "Per Nachnahme" and it costs 66.90 included shipping, so nothing can go wrong
https://www.avilia.de/product.php?ean=0045496475529
Nachtfalke
Member
Not the most reliable shop, but still woth a shot. Just don't expect to get it for 100%.
this is a very low profile store so chances of international shipping were very low.
I could go now to tell some support chatpartner at coolshop.de to price-match my order but fuck them, I don't want to deal with them, will cancel the preorder when the time comes.
I did send amazon.de a notice that they should price match, twice already, with saturn.de but it was already sold out and with this avilia.de thing, while it's still running. hopefully amazon reconsiders for everyone.
but all things said, fuck both of them, they are scum worse than scalpers.
I will buy at avilia and support lesser outlets with fair prices while I am at it.
EDIT: Also, they seem to be very consumer friendly when you read their "Vorbestellung" link (it's in german of course)
https://www.avilia.de/information.php?content=vorbestellung
Nachtfalke
Member
I just had that rude service experience with the Amazon.de chat, lol. They won't price match.
what did they say?
I didn't go to a chat there, I just sent info to links and prices under the "Produktinformation" area
you have experience with them? mind sharing a bit about it?
EDIT: Also, Avilia preorder is gone :O damn...
You can try again and hope for a different CSR.
TheMoon
Member
they flat out told me earlier that they don't price match other stores.
Nachtfalke
Member
The usual phrases. "You get the cheapest price by pre-ordering; We never do price matching, because our prices are so good yada yada" Nothing useful. But the woman sounded pissed. Looks like I wasn't the first one, lol.
Never worked for me. Tried it dozen of times.
They canceled two Nintendo LEs of mine due delivering issues from their source. Typical overselling scenario. From what I heard they are pretty decent for standard copies, most of the time cheapier than other shops, but not all games arrive on release date.
Art Teitlebaum
Member
Yeah the times of amazon.de price matching anything are over. They're not in the position having to do it any more, I'm afraid. This said, of course they still get like 90% of my gaming stuff orders even if the price isn't too attractive (Snes mini and now the Metroid LE). Guess I'm part of the problem.
Amazon does match prices, just recently they followed MediaMarkt as they had the N3DS XL for 139 Euro and afterwards again as they had Fire Emblem Echoes for 29,99 Euro. It's not uncommon that Amazon is adjusting the price but of course the times where someone could show them "look XY has price Z for product A" are long over and I think it's understandable too. But what I don't understand is why the Mini SNES and now the Metroid LE are 100 Euro, thirty Euro over the original price. And no, I am not going there, that's just way too much and scalping on a whole new level. I really hope Amaon is going to adjust the price to 70 Euro and used it only as a placeholder.
I managed to grab the LE now from MediaMarkt, Saturn and Amazon but I think I will cancel MediaMarkt and Amazon, especially if Amazon is not going to reduce the price. But the time that it went online on Amazon today is weird. It was so early, isn't it usually later in the afternoon?
I managed to grab the LE now from MediaMarkt, Saturn and Amazon but I think I will cancel MediaMarkt and Amazon, especially if Amazon is not going to reduce the price. But the time that it went online on Amazon today is weird. It was so early, isn't it usually later in the afternoon?
foobarry81
Member
Likely because they're the biggest market?
List of European countries by population (2014 numbers):
Germany 82,652,256
France 64,641,279
United Kingdom 63,489,234
Italy 61,070,224
Spain 47,066,402
Ukraine 44,941,303
Poland 38,220,543
Romania 21,640,168
Netherlands 16,802,463
Belgium 11,144,420
Greece 11,128,404
Czech Republic 10,740,468
Portugal 10,610,304
Hungary 9,933,173
Sweden 9,631,261
Serbia 9,468,378
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I believe ever since the DS Germany became a very big market for Nintendo, especially when it came to handhelds.
So Nintendo focusing on Germany first might not be all that surprising (their headquarters being based in Frankfurt may be another factor).
And gone already.